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Tuff

Igneous Rocks

Tuff is a rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition the ash lithifies into solid rock; a deposit is classified as tuff once it contains more than seventy five percent ash. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Classification
Igneous Rock 1
Use
Building and Construction 2
Wikipedia 'Tuff' states this use (or use-bearing statement); earth5 pass.
Kind
Rock 1
Formation Class
Igneous, pyroclastic (consolidated volcanic ash ejected and deposited during an eruption) 1
Tuff
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Associated With

Source Aleipata Islands (Wikipedia)
Source Bishops and Clerks (Wikipedia)
Source Chimney Rock (Colorado) (Wikipedia)
Source Chiricahua National Monument (Wikipedia)
Source East Kirkton Quarry (Wikipedia)
Source Ellsworth Mountains (Wikipedia)
Source Madalena Islets (Wikipedia)
Source Pitcairn Islands (Wikipedia)
Source Potrero (landform) (Wikipedia)
Source Tunkin Depression (Wikipedia)

Caused By

Volcanism, Processes

Caused by volcanic eruption: tuff lithifies from ejected volcanic ash.

Source Wikipedia: Tuff

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Geology, Disciplines
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Tuff
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    Tuff is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition, the ash lithifies into solid rock.
  • Page header and infobox
    Rock that contains greater than 75% ash is considered tuff.
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2. Wikidata: Tuff
Wikidata Q484924
Aleipata Islands (Wikipedia)
  • Associated With: Aleipata Islands, Lead paragraph
    The islands are eroded volcanic tuff rings, and consist of a small northern pair on Upolu's barrier reef, and a larger southern pair outside it.
  • Associated With: Aleipata Islands, Lead, rock Tuff
    The islands are eroded volcanic tuff rings, and consist of a small northern pair on Upolu's barrier reef, and a larger southern pair outside it.
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Bishops and Clerks (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Bishops and Clerks, Article text, rock Tuff
Quote, Associated With: Bishops and Clerks, Article text, rock Tuff
Llechau-uchaf is formed from the late Cambrian 'Lingula Flags' whilst Carreg-trai is formed from Ordovician acid tuffs of the Llanrian Volcanic Formation.
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Chiricahua National Monument (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Chiricahua Hoodoos, Article text, rock Tuff
Quote, Associated With: Chiricahua Hoodoos, Article text, rock Tuff
The thick, white-hot ash spewed forth from the nearby Turkey Creek Caldera, cooled and hardened into rhyolitic tuff, laying down almost 2,000 ft (610 m) of highly siliceous, dark volcanic ash and pumice.
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East Kirkton Quarry (Wikipedia)
Associated With: East Kirkton Quarry, Lead, rock Tuff
Quote, Associated With: East Kirkton Quarry, Lead, rock Tuff
The site is dominated by volcanic tuff, limestone, and silica deposits of large freshwater lakes associated with hot springs and local basaltic (high-iron) volcanism.
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Ellsworth Mountains (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Ellsworth Mountains, Article text, rock Tuff
Quote, Associated With: Ellsworth Mountains, Article text, rock Tuff
the Heritage Group is the Union Glacier Formation of ashflow tuff-lahar deposits, the Hyde Glacier Formation of graywacke-argillite-conglomerate, the Drake Icefall Formation of black shales and marble, the Conglomerate Ridge
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Madalena Islets (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Madalena Islets, Article text, rock Tuff
Quote, Associated With: Madalena Islets, Article text, rock Tuff
The space between the two islets is the old volcanic crater formed of tuff rock and is approximately 20 metres (66 ft) deep.
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Pitcairn Islands (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Pitcairn Islands, Article text, rock Tuff
Quote, Associated With: Pitcairn Islands, Article text, rock Tuff
Pitcairn Island is a volcanic remnant primarily formed of tuff, where the north side of the cone has been eroded.
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Potrero (landform) (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Potrero (landform), Lead, rock Tuff
Quote, Associated With: Potrero (landform), Lead, rock Tuff
Notable examples of potreros include some of the many mesas of the Pajarito Plateau near Santa Fe, New Mexico (United States).These "finger mesas" were once a continuous deposit of compressed volcanic ash (the Bandelier Tuff).
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Tunkin Depression (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Tunkin Depression, Lead, rock Tuff
Quote, Associated With: Tunkin Depression, Lead, rock Tuff
The Tunkin volcanic field has filled the Tunkin Depression with about 500 metres (1,600 ft) of volcanic products, which range from Miocene to Quaternary and include basaltic lava flows and tuffs.
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Chimney Rock (Colorado) (Wikipedia)
Associated With: Chimney Rock (Colorado), Infobox: rock
Quote, Associated With: Chimney Rock (Colorado), Infobox: rock
Tuff
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